Legal Biller

I am delighted to be partnering with a leading global law firm on their search for a Legal Biller to join their London office billing team.

This role requires an experienced billing professional from a law firm environment and offers excellent exposure, working closely with Partners, global billing teams, and other finance functions. It presents an opportunity to join an impressive and highly regarded organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with PAs, Partners, Revenue Control, eBilling, AR, Cashiers, and global offices to resolve billing queries.
• Review and interpret engagement letters to ensure billing accuracy in line with SRA Accounting Rules and HMRC guidance.
• Manage the shared mailbox and proforma portal, processing invoices and resolving billing queries within agreed SLAs.
• Collaborate with global offices across EMEA, APAC, the USA, and MENA on joint‑matter billing, ensuring consistency of standards for complex, multi‑matter and multi‑currency billing.
• Process credit notes, reversals, reissues, write‑offs, and billing adjustments, administering billing site changes where required.
• Administer WIP, month‑end processes, and client‑specific reporting, maintaining accurate billing comments and internal audit records.
• Lead and support monthly and quarterly centralised and panel billing runs, ensuring compliance with client penalty structures.
• Contribute to process improvements and work in line with firm Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), updating and producing client‑specific procedures where required and providing cover during team absences.
• Process and prepare proformas and issue invoices in 3E, ensuring compliance with all VAT and tax rules, payor details, currency requirements, and client‑specific instructions across practice areas.

Experience Needed

• Previous experience in legal billing and invoice processing, with essential hands‑on experience using 3E.
• Demonstrable experience working with complex and joint billing arrangements, including multi‑currency, multi‑payor, VAT and WHT, and collaborating with global cross‑functional teams.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with strong organisational and time‑management skills and the ability to prioritise competing deadlines effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently with PAs, fee‑earners, and senior stakeholders.
• Sound knowledge of SRA Accounting Rules and associated regulatory requirements.
• Confident user of the Microsoft Office suite (Word and Excel) for reporting and document production.

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